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Author's Synopsis
Charles Stewart served 26 years in the military as a sniper in the Airborne Infantry and in units with Special Operations Command worldwide. He is a combat veteran of Desert Storm and the Global War On Terror, with multiple deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Charles later served his nation's Government in high-threat arenas as a Personal Diplomat Security Specialist until his retirement in 2017. He now resides in his East Tennessee hometown with his wife Cheryl and his service dog Sadie. Charles has completed his latest sequel, "Sky Thunder," a gripping and potent work of fiction that keeps the pages turning until its provocative conclusion.
The Colt Hawkins series reveals stories of the men and women of one of the world's most elite and secretive para-military organizations. Special Activities Division of the CIA, Former Tier One Operator Colt Hawkins is gritty, smart, honorable, battle-tested, and devoted to his fellow operators and his country, who are frequently put in harm's way by the evils of the world.
Colt leads Task Force 24 on a mission in Tangiers, Morocco, to secure a CIA operative and her principal, a defecting Chinese Scientist, who has given classified information to the CIA to secure him and his family in the West. The Russian and Chinese governments have worked together on this new technology in top-secret facilities. The Chinese have named the first strike weapon a stealth missile, Sky Thunder. The U.S. has failed for years in this advancement, and now it must figure out how to defeat it.
During the mission, Colt and his team identified the Texas bombings mastermind, VLAD BENECHIKO, a former Spetnaz Commander and the founder and President of Red Star Group, a private security company contracted by the Russian Government.
Benechiko and his men are modern-day mercenaries who do the dirty work for the powers of Moscow, and Vlad travels to Tangiers to assassinate the defecting Chinese scientist. Along with Vlad are WAHID MADI, a former Iranian Quds soldier, now radical extremist, and former teacher, now bomb maker AMAL SEFER. They are all wanted, escaping authorities after bombing Dallas and attacking a small Texas town.
This vital knowledge is the first hurdle for the President and his new administration. CIA Director MARKUS DURHAM is tasked with using the Special Activities Division and Special Operations Units to retrieve this technology and destroy the secret facility where the Russians are building the missile—but for reasons they aren't aware of, a secret meeting in Washington, a spy emerges, giving information about the operation to the Chinese, knowing they have a secret alliance with Russia. With this new development, Benechiko sets a trap. He doesn't believe the world's superpower has what it takes. At the same time, however, a trap has sprung at a deadly cost to the CIA.
The White House administration pulls the plug in the middle of the operation. Colt and his unit are stranded, and though their goal is to save their country and democracy, they must first save themselves.
Author Charles A. Stewart's engaging book is an excellent choice for Adult Thriller readers, Using his real-life experiences in his stories.
Format(s) for review: Paper and Kindle
Review Genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Number of Pages: 286
Word Count: 89,000
